Podcast: Paul Finebaum’s Retort

The internet narrowly avoided melting down the day Johnny Manziel shook hands with Paul Finebaum this summer.

College-football radio personality Paul Finebaum joins the Sports Retort and regular contributor Rachel Bachman to discuss the current landscape of the sport, including the new playoff system, the Big Ten’s ever-growing inadequacy and the curious frustration of Crimson Tide fans. Paul also helps us handicap this weekend’s ACC showdown between Clemson and Florida State, and whether the winner has a chance to crack the seemingly inevitable national tide game between Oregon and Alabama.

After the break, Ben Cohen stops by to debate which school has the true Death Valley, LSU or Clemson, and tell us the history of college football’s most famous rock. We wonder: What are the other great entrances in the sport? I question why all teams don’t keep a live animal mascot on the field like Texas and Colorado. Plus: Some unexpected love for the Jaguars, Jim Chairusmi’s frustration with being the “Adam Thompson of Fantasy Football,” and Adam Thompson’s thoughts on someone referring to themselves as the “Adam Thompson” of something.

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